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Annual San Francisco fairs, markets, and festivals to know about
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Carnaval San Francisco is a vibrant, free two-day festival held annually over Memorial Day weekend in the Mission District. The event spans 17 blocks along Harrison Street, featuring five main stages, 50 local performing artists, and over 400 vendors...
CARNAVAL SAN FRANCISCO
The Fillmore Jazz Festival is San Francisco’s largest free jazz event, typically held over the July 4th weekend.
What to Expect Live Music: The festival featured over 250 performers across multiple stages, offering a diverse range of jazz styles from both local and national artists. Attendees can explore a variety of artisan booths showcasing local art and craf...
What to Expect Live Music: The festival featured over 250 performers across multiple stages, offering a diverse range of jazz styles from both local and national artists. Attendees can explore a variety of artisan booths showcasing local art and craf...
Fillmore Jazz Festival
The North Beach Festival in San Francisco normally takes place annually over Father’s Day weekend in June. It’s a lively street fair celebrating the vibrant culture of the North Beach neighborhood, featuring over 200 local vendors, live music, Italia...
The North Beach Festival
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is an annual, free music festival held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, typically during the first weekend of October. In 2025, the festival will take place from Friday, October 3, to Sunday, October 5. This year marks i...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
San Francisco Fleet Week is an annual celebration honoring the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, featuring ship tours, an air show, and various family-friendly events along the city’s waterfront. It is typically held every October, drawing large c...
San Francisco Fleet Week
West Coast Craft is a popular annual craft fair held in San Francisco, usually in early December. It showcases handmade goods from hundreds of local artists and makers, offering unique gifts, art, jewelry, and more in a festive holiday market setting...
West Coast Craft
The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual celebration held in San Francisco's Japantown to honor Japanese and Japanese-American culture. In 2025, the festival will take place over two weekends: April 12–13 and April 19–20, from 11:...
Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
The San Francisco Coffee Festival is an annual event celebrating coffee culture with tastings, workshops, live music, and industry showcases. It usually takes place in early November at the Fort Mason Center, bringing together coffee lovers and profe...
San Francisco Coffee Festival
The Stern Grove Festival is usually held during the summer months, running from mid-June through mid-August each year. San Francisco's longest-running free music festival, held annually at Sigmund Stern Grove, a scenic eucalyptus-shaded amphitheater ...
Stern Grove Festival
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is an annual event held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, typically during the first or second weekend of August. Renowned as the largest independently owned and operated music festival in the U.S., featuring o...
Outside Lands Music Festival
Bay to Breakers is a famous annual footrace in San Francisco known for its festive, fun-loving atmosphere and colorful costumes. The race covers about 12 kilometers, starting near the San Francisco Bay and finishing at Ocean Beach. It is typically he...
Bay To Breakers
The Up Your Alley Fair, commonly known as Dore Alley, is an annual leather and fetish street fair held in San Francisco's South of Market (SoMa) district. It takes place on the last Sunday of July. The fair spans Folsom Street between 9th and 11th St...
Dore Alley Fair
The Folsom Street Fair is an annual event in San Francisco that celebrates the leather, kink, and alternative sexuality communities. Held on the last Sunday of September, it marks the conclusion of the city's Leather Pride Week.
Folsom Street Fair
San Francisco Pride is one of the world’s largest and most historic LGBTQ+ celebrations. Held annually in San Francisco, it commemorates the LGBTQ+ community's history, achievements, and ongoing fight for equality.
The event typically takes place on the last full weekend of June, aligning with Pride Month and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
The event typically takes place on the last full weekend of June, aligning with Pride Month and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
SF Pride